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Originally Posted by suitedandzooted
do you think the wealthiest people got there by not being more greedy than everyone else?
Some are greedy for sure.
But I dont believe greed always correlates with success.
For example, there are people that work at Mcdonalds for a living that are very greedy and self centered, and there are financially successful people that are very empathetic and charitable.
Successful people can be motivated by many different factors.
Also, there are other things to consider with regards to your theory that every company will cheat to make money because people are greedy.
One is that being greedy could very well be a reason not to steal. In the casino world, providing a fair game and a healthy safe gaming environment is essential to making the most money.
This isnt some back room banking deal in the shadows of the night type of business. The output of their deal is instantly in real time public knowledge. We as a poker community have access to see every card they deal.
If they are greedy and love making millions of dollars and want to make millions more then why would they lose all of that to cheat AlmostShark out of winning a freeroll or to choose winners and losers at BadBeats NL2 tables. This is why even shady greedy struggling companies never rig the deal. When they do steal they tend to do it behind closed doors where no one can see accessing player funds that should always be segregated or something of that sort as they know a faulty deal will stop the money from coming in immediately because there will be no cover.
Having said all of that, the main reason your theory is misguided is because it is just that, a theory.
Poker players tend to be very analytic and reasonable. The game itself draws this type of personality and to become good at the game this must be nurtured even more.
We as a community expect proof behind accusations of cheating.
We dont find the crying and ranting of a disgruntled losing poker player as evidence.
We have uncovered and caught hundreds of cheaters in this forum, and each time is was the evidence that caught them. The hands are in effect mathematics. The math is absolute. It never lies.
If a cheating RNG or any other scam does get uncovered, it will be us that uncover it with math, just like it always. People running around thinking with their emotions and their imagination will be as useless in helping us then as they are in proving any rigged RNGs in this thread now.